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Days and Times:

W 5:45-8:45p

Proposed Dates (mini-courses only):

Enrollment Limit:

50

Final Course Requirement:

In-Class Exam 12/5/2017 6:00pm

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Home Program

LL.M

Is Crosslisted:

Yes

Course Type

Course

Course Credits

3

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None

Course Description:

This course is a broad introduction to public international law. Students will consider the nature of international law as law, sources of international law including customary international law, and the role of national and international tribunals in international dispute resolution. The course will also cover topics including the fundamentals of treaty law, statehood, recognition of states and governments, jurisdiction and immunity, state responsibility, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international environmental law, the law of the sea, and international commercial disputes. The course will touch on other relevant topics as time permits.

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Mutually Exclusive Courses:

Students may not receive credit for both this course and the first-year elective International Law I: Introduction to International Law, or the LL.M. course International Law Essentials: The U.S. Perspective.

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Bio for Jessica Simonoff

Professor Simonoff is an Attorney-Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, where she focuses on information law and litigation. She has also served as an Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where she focused her practice on international commercial litigation and international commercial bankruptcy litigation, including work on the Madoff SIPA proceedings and Lehman Brothers bankruptcy proceedings. Ms. Simonoff also engaged extensively in pro bono work, including but not limited to asylum and landlord-tenant law. Upon receiving her J.D., Ms. Simonoff clerked for the Honorable Judge Thomas Buergenthal at the International Court of Justice. Ms. Simonoff has also published two chapters on the New York Convention in Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (Herbert Kronke et al. eds., 2010).